Question about gearing up for Titan hm

[Raminax]

One of the reasons (at least from what I hear) for getting better gear for Titan HM is also so that you can get enough Vitality to reliably survive all the AoE damage being dealt during the last phase.

[Sodamachine]

One of the reasons (at least from what I hear) for getting better gear for Titan HM is also so that you can get enough Vitality to reliably survive all the AoE damage being dealt during the last phase.

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His AoE attack, Tumult, does around 600-700 damage each stomp.
at the start, he does only 2 stomps, really easy, but Tumult is Titans Soft-enrage. Meaning that he will only do more and more stomps each time, making it harder and harder to heal the group, and to survive.
Imagine Titan is around 20% health. At this point, he will maybe do 6 stomps. Saying each stomp is 650 damage, that is 3900 damage taken to the whole party. Directly after, he autohits the tank for 1400 damage, followed by his rockthing attack that hits the tank for 4000 damage (damage varies depending on WAR/PLD tank, and gear).
I was happy for every 1 more healing I could do.

[Sodamachine]

You're welcome! I could also as a fellow Scholar, advice him of rotating Eye for an Eye, Virus, and atleast one Bubble during Phase 3 (after heart is broken).
The numbers they provide with, doesnt sound that much, and they maybe doesnt last long, but the tank felt around 30% easier to heal when I used them constantly during phase 3.
The 10% damage reduction from the bubble will over time reduce more damage than one lusterate will heal for instance!

You as a tank also have to rotate your cooldowns in a really good way in order to reduce the damage you take. And you and the healer have to get a feel for when the burst damage will come, so the healer will have you topped during that period, preferibly have a Aldo shield on you, and you or the Scholar have a CD on in order to reduce the damage the burst will do.
It will take a couple of tries in Phase 3 to get used to, and some co-ordinations, but it will pay of, and make it a hell of a lot more easier for the healer!

Better get used to it. the next boss, which is in Coil of Bahamut, Turn 1, can burst the tank just as hard, except that he splits into 2, so 2 tanks take that damage